Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-02-24


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A letter from Mr.. McFarlaneof Miles City
announces the appointment Of Ben d. Gard
ner Of this office as deputy clerk Of court o.
the fourth judicial district for Meagher
county. Mr.. Gardner in "a young man o
excellent ability and very deserving. and
was fully endorsed by the leading democrats
81 the county. lie also holds the trust.
worthy position Of public administrator,
to which office he was elected in November
last. -iusl,andman. Mr.. Gardner is an
able ard pleasant young man, besides being
"a first-class printer; and We are pleased ia
note his advancement. He came to the
tut vi 1000, anu IoT u
year he was foreman Of the Helena Indepen-
dent composing rooms. For upwards oil
two years he has been engaged ON the Hus-
bandman. Shake. ben.
The Husba man, in Discussing the new
Dearborn county division scheme, in which
Meagher county was again to contribute 1,
portion of its territory, says: Even the
Fergus county line was drawn solely with
reference to the welfare Of the new count y
and with u total disregard for the interests
Of Meagher.'' The bucolic Bob is again
bawling: MY daughter, q, my daughter ~
Fergus county was declared on natural
boundaries as nearly as possible, on the
west and south. On the north it's limits
should have extended to the Missouri
river. and will eventually. On the north
west there is "a strip Of country lying
bet ween the Little North Belts and High
woods that should have been taken into
Fergus county. II il IL great Inconvenience
for people who have business at the county
seat. to travel over IA hundred and fifty
miles in order to reach their destination.
The Block r. line Of steamboats, will
commence operations the coming spring
with nine steamboats. viz: The Benton,
Helena, Rosebud, Batehe!or Eclipse, .Ju-
dith. Terry, Tompkins and Missouri. The
last is "a recent purchase and il not UNI
known TO the port II Fort Benton. She
was formerly the Minnie ~" and was here
under that name in 1879 or 1880. and
later as the Missouri two years ago the
coming summer. Sh. is a small boat and
her upper works will he cut down. leaving
only cabin room for the accommodation OF
the officer. The other boats are well
known and will DE commanded by old time
captains. aud the service will be better and
more complete than ever before. A large
amount Of freight has already been con-
trlcted for. This coming season the ser
vice Of the Block T. line will be from Sioux
City and bismarck to Fort Bent on. River
Press.
On Wednesday evening last. while ter.
rible blizzard was raging. one OF the herd
crr who was with the sleepof John +. Pat
terson came to the house and informed Mr..
Patterson that the sheep had stampeded
and that they aud the hcrder were lost.
This was one of the worst nights Of the
season. Mr.. Patterson said they would
make an effort To- save the herder II every
sheep was lost. The two then started ont
on horseback and soon caught mp with the
sheep. but were unable to stop them. The
her,ler was aso with them and the three
men stayed with the sheep until they ar
rived AT Winchell's ranch, some fifteen miles
distant where they were halted md turned
back. They were out three days and
nights oi the coolest weather ever known
ia this section of Montana. Their eontin-
ned absence alarmed the neighbors and "a
search party was organized, but Mr.. Pat
terson, the herders and sheep turned up
before the party started, having lost but
ten head in the storm and during the long
drive. which is something most remark
able. We are not often called upon to re-
cord such wonderful pluck and endurance
as was shown 'by Mr.. Patterson and his
men.-River Press.
Commissioner Chandler arrived in town
Sunday evening. having walked all the way
from his sheep ranch, some thirty miles
distant, making the journey IN two days.
Mr.. Chandler thought before he arrived at
his destination that he had dearly earned
his mileage, hut deemed il the best mode Of
getting through the snow. From Mr..
Chandler We obtained some information
regarding sheep losses in his section. lie
places the losses to his firm chandler X
present time. Dog creek wool growers have
been more unfortunate, owing to Il short
age of hay. In some bands the loss will
reach fully fifty per cent. MIR. Chandler
says the wind storm that came up so sud-
denly week ago sunday. caught II great
many sheep out on the hills feeding and
many were out all of the follow ing night
Mr.. Parrott, of the firm of Blanchard Il
PARROT nearly lost his life by freezing while
following his band during the night. lie
ber!ain's cabin in an exhausted condition.
aud would have fallen PROSTATE ON the
floor but for timely assistgnee. His feet
and one ear were badly frozen. Two bands
belonging to Oscar stephens were out all
night, from which he lost quite heavily.
Cook of dog creek. lost several hundred
by pilng during the same storm. Had the
weather hecl severe ON Monday the LOSSES
would have reached into the thousa nds
but n decided improvement in the weather
o,., HAL tho har.i.rs r., ,pf fb. bands H., cl